The sign-wring company responsible for jazzing up Hastings city-centre by revamping the Hawke's Bay Today building has now taken out a national award for its efforts to make Wairoa more welcoming.
Design-writers Nelson Signs last weekend picked up a gold award at the annual New Zealand Sign and Display Awards in Auckland, for its work to create two te reo Māori welcome signs, now installed at the north and south entrance to Wairoa.
Nelson Signs project manager and designer Jason Petrowski said the Napier-based team were "chuffed" with the recognition, especially given this was open to all sign-writers in the industry.
"We're absolutely over the moon stoked, it was a huge major project for us and to see the finally result at the end, we were stoked. To get recognised for it, we're just chuffed. There was a lot of time and effort put into it and it was well received at the awards. To win a gold was fantastic."
The judges "were impressed" with the work, which was awarded the gold medal in the Dimensional Signs category.